1980 O-Pee-Chee/OPC #122 Dave Winfield Baseball card

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Q8: What are some additional useful to know baseball card collecting terms ?

(part 4)Team Set - a group of cards featuring all the issues of the players of a
particular team from the same release.

Test Issue - a preliminary offering issued as a test to see if a product
would be accepted by collectors.

Tobacco Card - typically from the early 1900s, these were cards issued with
tobacco products. The most famous of which is the "T-206" Honus Wagner card.

Traded/Update Set - a set issued after the original issue primarily featuring rookies
or players who were traded since the original issue came out.

Trimmed Card - a card reduced in size from when it was issued, usually to hide
an imperfection such as damaged edges or corners. Trimmed cards usually have very
little value but in some cases such as the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, even trimmed
cards can go for thousands of dollars. The most famous 'trimmed' card to date is the
T206 Honus Wagner purchased by Wayne Gretzky. The card was actually too large and
was trimmed down to it's proper size.

Unauthorized Issue - a card release which is not licensed by a league, a playerís
association, or by a player.

Variation - a card that was printed by the manufacturer in two or more different
ways.

Wax - a universal collecting term for factory-sealed packs or boxes. The term "wax"
most often refers to sealed material that was originally released in the
early 1990ís or back -- a time when packs were wrapped and sealed in wax
paper wrappers. It can casually reference modern era packs or boxes that no longer use actual wax paper.

The issue below is featured elsewhere on this website:

1974 Topps DECKLE EDGE

This 72-card test issue set was released with a very limited distribution
on only the East Coast around Massachusetts making them quite scarce.
They were Officially simply called "Topps Baseball Photos"
but their serrated or "DECKLED" edge gave them the name they go by today.
The 2 7/8" x 5" inch cards were sold in either a 2 card pack
with gum or a 3 card pack with no gum for 5 cents.

The cards were meant to have the look
of the black and white movie star photos from the 1950's and feature a
black & white photo with a blue facsimilie autograph on the front.
The backs make this very scarce test issue even more interesting !
They feature handwritten script of the player's name, team, position & date
and location of the photograph as well as a mock newspaper article on the
player's career.

This was Topps 2nd "Deckle Edge" issue, their first being their smaller
and much more common 1969 Topps Deckle Edge which were inserts in
certain series of packs of 1969 Topps cards.

Variations of 1974 Topps Deckle Edge do exist,
making this issue even more fun and challenging to collect.
The backs can be found in either gray or a much scarcer white version.
Also, a more limited proof version with non-scalloped edges exists and
occasionally can be found.

1963 Fleer Baseball

In an attempt by Fleer to circumvent Topps exclusive rights to baseball
cards, Fleer issued their 1963 baseball cards with cookies instead of gum.
It is commonly thought that the 1963 Fleer baseball card issue was intended
to be a much larger set issued in multiple series but Topps sued Fleer after
their first series was released stopping further production. Due to Topps
deep pockets Fleer soon pulled the set from the market and cancelled their
plans for the remaining series leaving this very, very popular set at just
66 cards plus one unnumbered checklist.

But what a 66 cards !!! The 1963 Fleer Cards are attractive and feature
an extremely high percentage of stars. Some of the top stars in the
1963 Fleer baseball card set are Brooks Robinson, Willie Mays,
Carl Yastrzemski, Sandy Koufax, Roberto Clemente, Don Drysdale and
Warren Spahn.. The set also included 2 very scare Short Prints,
Joe Adcock and an unnumbered checklist.

The most interesting card in this set is the Maury Wills Rookie card.
Even though Wills started his major league career with the Dodgers way back
in 1959 quickly becoming a superstar, his 1963 Fleer card is considered his
rookie card ! How is this possible ?
Well, back in 1959, 1960 and 1961, Topps did not consider Wills worthy
enough to have a baseball card.

As hobby lore has it: Needless to say, Wills was very upset at this slight from Topps. After Wills won the 1962 N.L. MVP award,
Topps quickly came a courting but Wills answered with a large "NO".
From 1961 thru 1966, Wills prevented Topps from making any of his baseball
cards. Wills and Topps finally made up making his 1967 Topps high number short print his first Topps card and
also his most expensive card. Adding interest to the Wills baseball card
story, Post Cereal released a Maury Wills card in their 1962 set making that
the earliest Maury Wills rookie card. Wills was also pictured on a special
1960 Topps card featuring the 1959 World Series. The card features
Luis Aparicio stealing 2nd base with Wills pictured trying to make the tag.

Much of the above is true but Wills has said there was no "fued" with Topps
and that he simply had signed exclusive agreements with Fleer.